How to customize DIAdem tool?

[NiCoder]

Hi,

Problem

Is there away for me to add custom button or feature into DIAdem using LabWindow program?  

Requiremnts

Custom button will run my CVI application do following:

• import binary file from other format into CSV format
• automatic load this file into DIAdem
• bring up the graph display 
• automatic save CSV into TDM/TDMS format
• run report.

[AndreasH_Ha]

Hello NiCoder,

You can definitely add an icon or menu entry to execute a script or run an executable.For the steps you listed DIAdem has all the function you need.

Is there a specific reason that you want to use the LabWindows program ? Using the DIAdem function should be more efficient.

As long as there is a description of the binary file it should be possible to create a DataPlugin which then would enable DIAdem to read the file natively. That would skip some of the conversion, thus making the process more efficient.

Andreas

[NiCoder]

We want to use the c language because we did not want the user reserve the visual basic code.  Would you send or point me the instructions of how to create the plugins?

Thanks,

[AndreasH_Ha · Accepted solution]

Please take a look at www.ni.com/dataplugins. There is a link "DataPlugins programmer's reference guide" with teh required documentation and manuals. The language used is VBScript. VBScript is used as a kind of glue code to configure the functions doing the real work.